Hand truck



March vl0, 1931.- .I G. F. wlL-uTlNG HAND TRUCK Filed Dec. 14, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 AT ORNEY March l0, 1931. G. F. WHITING HAND TRUCK Filed Dec. 14, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [y INV'ENJ'OR wfza c): l0

BY W@ AT RNY Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNETEk rrEs igPAiEr orties GEORGE n. WITING, or BROOKLYN, NEWYORK HAND TRUCK Application led December 14, 1928. Serial No. 326,006.

tical embodiment of the inventionk and the method of using thesame,v but it should be understood that thel structure may be modi- -ed and changed without departure from the true spirit and broad scope of the invention.

' Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional 'viewof the truck as on substantially the line of`plane 1-1 of Fig. 2'showing the truck as in use 'as a stand for supporting an outboard mon p tor; Fig. 2 is a fronty view of thel truck as p of said clamps are indicated as arched'at 25 in theV use indicated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional and enlarged detail as takenV on substantially the plane of line 3-3, Fig. 2 toshow the mounting of one of the adjustable motor supports; Fig. 4: is a broken sectional view of the same parts as on substantially the plane of line 4.-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the side clamps as on substantially` the plane of line 55, Fig. 2; Figs. 6 and 7 are side views illustrating the method of using the truck in placing and removing the motor; Fig. 8 is a broken part sectional detail 1 as on the plane of line 8 8 Fig. 6, showing in particular the lower motor support( and rrelated parts.

- The body of the truck is shown as consisting of a substantially rectangular frame, which may be made-up of bent vrod or pipe and having parallel side members 10 con- Vnected at the top by a vhandle bar 11 and having inwardly extending lower ends l2 Vjoined rigidly by being pinned 13 in sockets 14 in opposite sides of a split ,ofthesame to prevent y and the supporting Vwhile it holds the frame saddle or motor support 15. The* split or open socket 16 in this support is of awidth and depth to receive the skeg 17 and support the propeller the outboard motor.

or riveted at i shaft venlargement .18 Qof` v The main frame described is. braced 'in Y the present disclosure by an inside frame madeup of an upper handle bar portion 19 and side rods V2O kterminating Vin inwardly angled braces 21 secured to the" lower cross bars 12 or at 22, to the lower motor support, in the same 'manner as indicated at 13, 14. This inside frame may be suitably secured 'to the outside frame at diferent points asV means of a surrounding band clamp 23 at the Vtop and by meansof the special clamps shown at the sides.' L n The upper set of the side clamps are made adjustable in the illustration to serve also as special supports for the cylinders or upper arts of the motor. Thus the top 'plates 24 held together by a through bolt 30. The

having narrowed end topplate is shown as p between the side rods lugs 31 extending down bracket which it carries and similarly the bottom plate is indicated as having narrowed end lugs 32 entering between the bracket rods `26 to prevent twist-ing movements of the bracket structure on the frame. This construction', it will be observed, and bracket rigid,

nevertheless, enables the bracket to be readlilyadjusted up and down enthe frame. or

twisting of this plate Ffh der inward or outward of the frame to suit the relative positions of the cylinders 33 on dit ferent makes of outboard motors.

The lower side clamps are sho-wn as made up of top and bottom plates or members 84, 35 suitably arched to embrace the side rods 10, 20 and held together in adjusted relation by through bolts 86. In addition, the bottom members of these clamps are shown as having bearing sockets 37 for the upper ends of the rearwardly angled props 38. rlhese props as indicated particularly in Fig. l are substantially V-shape having the lower forwardly projecting legs 39orined with downturned journal extensions 40 lined up with the upper journal portions 41 and secured by counter pins or the like 42 in the sockets The wheels 44 of the truckare preferably of flat wide tread construction, so as to track well over sand, grass or uneven surfaces. The axle 45 on which these wheels are mounted carries the frame through the medium or" forwardly and upwardly o'set brackets. These brackets, as possibly best shown 'in Figs. 2 and 8, consist otcomplementary angular parts 46, 47 or" generally L-shape as viewed from above, having cooperating clamping parts at 48 embracing` the vaxle and secured by bolt 49 and other cooperating clamping elements at 50 at right angles to the first clamping members, embracing the side rods l0 or" the frame and secured by bolt 5l. rlhe outer or main member 46 of the clamp is shown as having an extension 52 in rear of the a-Xle, carrying the bearing 43 for thehinged prop 38 and also carrying an abutment 53 over which the lower leg 39 of the prop can be forced to hold the prop in the inwardly swung inactive position shown in Fig. 8.

To further brace the parts at the bottom, the lower motor support may be tied up to the axle as by having rearwardly positioned sleeve extension 54 engaged over the axle and pinned thereto at 55.

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'motor supporting bracket provides a firm seat for the propeller shaft housing 18 or' the motor and the cylinder supporting lbrackets firmly support the motor at the top. To prevent any possibility of the motor tilting torwardly 'oli' these supports, the moto-r may be ytemporarily fastened to the upper porti on of the frame as by means of the chain connection indicated at 57, covered at 58 where it extends about the bright `parts of the` motor and havinga hook 59von the lower end releasably engaging about the mui-ller l60 and'engaged with a hook 6l at the upper end connected. with the upper handle bar.

'The construction ydisclosed has the advantages of being relatively light in weight but rigid and strong and of providing' a positive,

practical, portable support for the motor.

. A feature or" special importance in this in- `tire motor structure may be vention is that by supporting the motor as disclosed., the clamp by which the motor is mounted on the boat is left free, so that the motor can be lowered in place and hooked over the stern of the boat, while it is yet supported upon the truck and, possibly oi' more importance, can be picked up by the truck, while it is yet hot after a run and be lifted clear of the boat.

Figs. l, and 7 in ticulan show how the mounting clamp 62 which Ais pivotally connected with the motor frame at G3, swings free and clear when the motor is supported on the truck, so that the truck can be backed up and lowered down to drop the clamp over the et in board G4 ot the boat whlie the wheels or the truck are still riding on the wharf, or or other support after the manner indicated in 6. rlhen, after the clamp s has been tightened on the stern board or transom as in 7 and the motor is acy supported on the boat, the chain 57, can be uuhooked, the 'frame lowered to carry the supporting brackets 2'? away from the clinders ard the truck be pushed forward lower the lower end of the motor onto the. suriort 65 and to carry the cylinder supportin brackets upwardly and away from the motor structure, the upper portion et the frame in this operation passing freely up over the inotoig'it being'wider than the motor. as shown in 2. ln thus detaching the truck from the motor, after the motor is once supported on the boat, it may be tilted on its ifulcrum 68 to take the weight Vof the lower end of the motor oli1 the truck, enahling the truck to be then wheeled freely away from the motor.

ln the reverse procedure, that is, picking the motor up with the truck, the motor is tilt- Aimver end of the motor up over Ang surface 65, the truck is backed Lined motor and then with a `further .l` over tilting movement, the lower end of the motorV may be raised so as to seat in the lower support l5. ln this operation. the truck will be lowered over the head or" the niotor'and be drawn rearwardly until the cylinder rests come under the cylinders to bring about the relation indicated in F 5, whereupon after releasingI the motor vsupport clamp, the enised by the truck and transported wherever required.

Other advantages result from the truck being wideV enough to uniss overV the motor. For instance, the truc be removed from either side oi"- vthe motor,

.n. dly supporting used as a work stand for ri the motor in a fully exposed condition as in over a stationary support and then removed to leave the motor mounted on such stationary support. Vhen the props are swung open in the supporting position shown in Fig.V l, they may be restrained in that relation the truck be' l or may be used to hook the motor aswill be clear 2 and when 'opened or spread, the props malte of the ,is so cradled that it may truck a substantial stand for supporting the motor in substantially upright relation. rlhe desirability of both longitudinal and lateral adjustment of the cylinder rests 2'? will'be particularly apparent in Fig. 2, which shows how with a motor having offsety cylinders, the rests may be-set as best suited to hold the differently positioned cylinders. The open bearing or support 15 for the lower end of the motor structure forms a seat or saddle for firmly supporting the motor, and because of its open character receives the sleg to act as a` guide and enables themotor to be readily unseated from the truck. lWhile the motor be readily removed from the truck, accidental slippage or tilting of the motor out of the truck ispositively prevented by the chain connection between the motor and the top of the truck.

What is claimed is:

1. A hand truck for transporting and installing outboard motors, comprising a portable frame having a support for the propeller end of an outboard motor and supporting means for the motor end of the outboard motor, saidframe being of a width topass entirely over the motor when the motor and frame are relatively shifted to carry thesupporting means out of the motor supporting position, said motor supporting means including cylinder rests projecting inwardly.

of the frame and the lower support having a seat for the propellery shaft housing open in a direction away from the truck to receive the dependent skeg of the outboard motor.

2. A hand truck for transporting and installing outboard motors, comprising a portable frame having a support for the propeller end of an outboard motor and supporting means for the motor end of the outboard mo'- tor, said frame being of a width to 'pass en-v tirely over the motor .when the motor and frame are relatively shifted to carry the supporting means out of the motor supporting frame an open bearing position, saidlsupporting means including' moor supporting bracket?.I laterally and'longitudinally adjustable on the frame independently one of the other.

3. An outboard motor transporting 4and placing truck, comprising a frame mounted on wheels having at the lower end of the for the lower end por-V tion of an outboard motor and having at the upper Vportion of the frame inwardly projecting-'rests for the cylinder structure of the motor, the intermediate portion of the frame do not interfere with the manipu- Vplacing truck, comprising a between said rests at the topV and said open bearing vatfthe bottom being clear of'cross pieces andtheframe being of a width to clear the motor structure"` thereby enabling-the truck to lowera motorinto supported rela- Y tionv on 'a boatl and to 4be then freed'of` the supported motor by a relative longitudinal shifting of the truck and motor.l

Ll. An outboard motor transporting and frame mounted on'wheels having'an op'en bearing for the lower end portion of an outboard motor-and having inwardly projecting rests for the cyl-V inder structure ofl themotor, the intermediate .portion'of the frame. being clear of cross pieces and the frame being of a width to clear the motor structure, thereby enabling the truck to lower a motor into supported relationl on a boat and to be then freed of the supported motor by a relative longitudinal shifting of the truck and'motor and means for confining the motor on the truck to prevent the relative shifting movement described.

5.y A hand truck for an outboard motor having cylinders, .a pivotal mounting clamp, a propeller shaft housing and a lskeg, comprising a wheeled frame having a seat for the propeller shaft housing, said seat being open at one end to admit the slreg, cylinder rests on the frame and the frame having an opening therethrough adjacent said rests of greater,

widthv than the cylinder structure to thereby support the motor with the mounting clamp in the clear, so that the same may be lowered over the stern of the boat whilethe motor is yet supported on the truck and whereby the truck and supported motor may then be relatively shifted to pass the truck frame over and free of the motor. y

6. A hand truck for an outboard motor having cylinders, a pivotal mountingk clamp, a propeller shaft housing anda skeg, comprising a wheeled frame having `a seat for the propeller shaft housing, said seatbeing open at one end to admit the skeg, Acylinder rests on the frame and the frame having an opening-therethrough adjacent said rests of i greater width than the `cylinder structure to thereby support the motor with the mounting o o so that the same may loe` clamp "in the clear, lowered overthe stern of the boat while the motor is yet supported on the'truck, whereby the truck and supported motor may then be relatively shifted to'jpass the truck frame over and freey of the motor, and folding prop means for supporting and anchoring the wheeled frame in asubstantially upright motor supporting position.

7. Atruck'for an outboard motor, comi' liti ally in the frame,.said frame being,v open between said open seat and said shouldered motor supports to expose the supporting strueture of the motorby Which the same is mounted on the transom ofa boat,l whereby the truck may be employed to loWeI" the motor into' supported relation on al boat or tolift it from the supported position on the boat, said motor supports and seat being` disenl gageable from the motor upon relative shifting of' the motor and Wheeled ram'eand by reverse operations beingengageablerin supporting relation tothe motor.

In testimonywhereof I a'ix my signature.

GEORGE F.WHITING. 

